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Commentary: North Korea Takes Advantage of Flags of Convenience Regime

Amid high decibel ‘verbal exchanges’ between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un over latter’s nuclear ambition, the United Nations Security Council announced on 22 December 2017 new economic sanctions against Democrat....

January 12, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Commentary , International shipping , UN sanctions , North Korea , South Korea , US , Regime , United Nations Security Council , China , Russia

Emerging India European Union Cooperation in Western Indian Ocean

Commodore Somen Banerjee

Donald Trump’s exhortation for European Union (EU) to do more for their own security, coupled with ‘Brexit’ has spurred the EU to review its security framework. This has been further convoluted by an assertive Russia and rising influence of Chi....

January 11, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Western Indian Ocean , security cooperation , India – EU Cooperation

मोदी के मनिला दौरे का विवरण

Amb Satish Chandra, Vice Chairman, VIF

जैसा कि प्रत्येक विदेश दौरे में होता आया है उसे कायम रखते हुए इस बार भी प्रधानमंत्री ने मनिला के....

December 12, 2017 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , प्रधानमंत्री मनिला दौरे , चतुर्पक्षीय बातचीत , हिन्द-प्रशांत क्षेत्र रक्षा , Manila Visit

Commentary - Takeaways from Joint Exercises; Some Tangible Mostly Intangible

Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM Commentary

Indian armed forces continue to engage with a large number of friendly foreign counties for the conduct military exercises. Most of these are yearly or biannual events conducted alternatively in each other’s location. For instance, in our immediate....

December 01, 2017 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Commentary , Joint military exercises , strategic partnership

Commentary - Modi's Manila Visit

Amb Satish Chandra, Vice Chairman, VIF Commentary

As is the norm with the Prime Minister's visits abroad he did India proud during his recent three day visit to Manila. In an action packed agenda which inter alia comprised participation in the opening ceremony of the ASEAN Summit, the 12th ASEA....

November 20, 2017 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Commentary , Manila Summit , Indo-Pacific security , quadrilateral dialogue

Round Table Discussion on Bay of Bengal

Keeping Conflicts at Bay - Need for Bay of Bengal Community In today’s geopolitical landscape, regions are the locus of competition, conflict and cooperation. The Indian Ocean Region (IOR) is too diverse and large to always comp....

November 09, 2017 Conference , International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Indian Ocean Region , Conferences , China , ASEAN , Bay of Bengal , BIMSTEC , OBOR , SAARC , Rohingya Solidarity Organisation

Commentary - What the Election Results Mean for Japan?

Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF Commentary

The Lower House Elections held in Japan on October 22 have given a resounding mandate to Prime Minister (PM) Shinzo Abe to remain in office till 2021. Abe, the third longest-serving PM of the post-war era is now on track to becoming (in November 2019....

November 01, 2017 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Commentary , Japan Elections , Abenomics

Tillerson Visit: Need to Tone Down the Euphoria

Dr Harinder Sekhon

New Delhi was euphoric over United States (US) Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson’s recent remarks on “defining our relationship with India for the next century” made at a Washington DC think tank on the eve of his Asia visit, a five-stop tour t....

October 25, 2017 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Tillerson visit , Indo-US cooperation , US Pak policy

Intensification of Indo Japanese Strategic Partnership

Maj Gen (Retd.) P K Chakravorty

Strategic Partnership Japan has been a great supporter of India from a long time. It played a substantive role in India’s freedom struggle by assisting freedom fighters in gaining India’s independence. It started with assistan....

September 18, 2017 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Indo-Japanese cooperation , Abe Visit

North Korean Imbroglio: In a Decisive Phase

Amb Skand Ranjan Tayal

In the last six weeks the long simmering North Korean question has escalated to a crisis and has brought North East Asia on the brink of a nuclear disaster. North Korea embarked on the path of seeking nuclear weapon capacity in late 1980’s. Dur....

September 13, 2017 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , North Korea , nuclear tests , economic sanctions